Duran Duran - Rio (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2018
  • The official Duran Duran video for "Rio" from 1982's RIO. Directed by Russell Mulcahy.
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    Lyrics:
    Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
    Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice
    With a step to your left and a flick to the right
    You catch that mirror way out west
    You know you're something special and you look like you're the best
    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
    And when she shines she really shows you all she can
    Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
    I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
    Two, of a billion stars it means so much to me
    Like a birthday or a pretty view
    But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you
    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
    And when she shines she really shows you all she can
    Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
    Hey now (wow) look at that did he nearly run you down
    At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive you make me feel
    Alive, alive, alive
    I'll take my chance 'cause luck is on my side
    I tell you something I know what you're thinking
    I tell you something I know what you're thinking
    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twists across a dusty land
    And when she shines she really shows you all she can
    Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
    Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand
    And I might find her if I'm looking like I can
    Oh Rio Rio hear them shout across the land
    From mountains in the north down to the Rio Grande
    Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
    Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @subaruairbag
    @subaruairbag 2 месяца назад +224

    Was praying for a daughter and got confirmed today, was driving home with the wife and this song came on, we will be naming her Rio ❤

  • @jeremywilliams8909
    @jeremywilliams8909 2 года назад +1523

    Congrats to Duran Duran on being part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2022! So very well deserved.

  • @bjs001001
    @bjs001001 Год назад +481

    John Taylor is a sick bassist. The bass line in this song is just masterful.

    • @artboz6711
      @artboz6711 8 месяцев назад +2

      he s cute extremely attractive all of em r❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @frankt285
      @frankt285 8 месяцев назад +6

      He added a fusion jazz line to the song...😮😮

    • @user-kz9md5wm5d
      @user-kz9md5wm5d 8 месяцев назад +5

      GODLIKE. AND VERY UNDERRATED TOO.

    • @flashwashington2735
      @flashwashington2735 7 месяцев назад +1

      I pray he finds the cure. 🤣🤣

    • @TomikoPL
      @TomikoPL 6 месяцев назад +5

      Yes, the bass line is maaad!

  • @antoniohabersham1555
    @antoniohabersham1555 4 месяца назад +84

    So glad I grew up in this Era of music. The 80's was the best.

    • @metalmamasue3680
      @metalmamasue3680 3 месяца назад +3

      Hell yes it was ✊️😃💯

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 2 месяца назад +1

      so true

    • @richardlacey4923
      @richardlacey4923 Месяц назад

      You could name hundreds of singers and bands.. you’re lucky to name 30 or more nowadays if that

    • @viadharmawheel
      @viadharmawheel Месяц назад

      So much great music!

    • @srkbear1
      @srkbear1 13 дней назад

      Synth pop, New Wave, New Romantics, ska, alternative, second British Invasion, NWOBHM, house, techno, industrial, goth, post-punk, power pop, jangle pop, Hi-NRG, Hip Hop, Rap, free style, New Jack Swing, college rock, Prince’s Minneapolis Sound, all happening for the first time in the eighties-the most creative and diverse musical decade of the rock era that will never be surpassed. Wouldn’t trade anything for being a teenager witnessing and discovering all that-if I only knew how lucky I was at the time.

  • @theknowitall4090
    @theknowitall4090 4 года назад +4034

    John Taylor, maybe the most underrated bassist of all time.

    • @instantkarma4u701
      @instantkarma4u701 4 года назад +170

      He never gets enough credits as he deserve, even as the founder of duran

    • @TimsEnthusiastGarage
      @TimsEnthusiastGarage 4 года назад +46

      No doubt.

    • @samgreak352
      @samgreak352 4 года назад +51

      Hes anytime but underatted hes a god

    • @cploera11
      @cploera11 4 года назад +117

      The bass on this song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Torgo1969
      @Torgo1969 4 года назад +97

      Yes. As a fan of Rush and Iron Maiden, I am very partial to songs and groups that don't bury the bass. A shame that I didn't appreciate this very much back in the day, but I got better!

  • @FuzzMD
    @FuzzMD 3 года назад +519

    Insane bass line and a ridiculous sax solo.
    How could you not love this?

    • @terinasargeant138
      @terinasargeant138 2 года назад

      Pure sex

    • @charlesslakan7444
      @charlesslakan7444 2 года назад +7

      I agree the saxophone was definitely smoking. It's so strange, I think in New Religion or one of their other songs, Duran Duran seems like they ate about to go into a JAZZsession, only to bring it back to Rock, Duran Duran Style.

    • @swangonzalez4797
      @swangonzalez4797 2 года назад +3

      I believe John was was inspired by Jaco at this time.

    • @davidjensen4702
      @davidjensen4702 Год назад

      Straight jacket city

    • @juliansmith4295
      @juliansmith4295 6 месяцев назад

      I'd be more likely to describe today's music as insane and ridiculous.

  • @thunderball6908
    @thunderball6908 28 дней назад +9

    So much joy and energy. Nothing in modern music comes close.

  • @KurtMarchant
    @KurtMarchant 14 дней назад +7

    Studying this for media gcse

  • @jenniferjarvis1207
    @jenniferjarvis1207 2 года назад +1344

    Feeling so privileged to have been a teenager during the 80's. Those were the best times!

    • @ledzep310
      @ledzep310 2 года назад +62

      That makes two of us. Can you imagine being young and in the prime of your life in today's world? UUgggghh! I am so glad I was a teen in the 80s.

    • @metalmamasue3680
      @metalmamasue3680 2 года назад +30

      Oh hell yeah 👍🏻💯 I graduated in '82 and my first favorite band was Styx. I've been enjoying trips down memory lane, so MUCH great music from Led Zeppelin, Heart, AC⚡DC to Duran Duran, I wouldn't trade growing up when I did for anything. I lean towards metal but still love classic rock and the songs I grew up with.

    • @badtrekee4348
      @badtrekee4348 2 года назад +24

      Amen to that great times

    • @Libertygirl76
      @Libertygirl76 2 года назад +22

      I was 19 when this album came out. What a great time to be a young adult.

    • @badtrekee4348
      @badtrekee4348 2 года назад +17

      @@Libertygirl76 Best time ever

  • @xavierr4989
    @xavierr4989 3 года назад +1382

    Everyone talks about the Bass line but no one talks about the Sax.. 10/10 saxophone

  • @cjc363636
    @cjc363636 Год назад +30

    I was 17 in 1983, and Duran Duran was one of those moments when the music changed, and now it belonged to 'us,' our generation! Thanks Duran Duran for the music and memories!

  • @marilynaguirre2568
    @marilynaguirre2568 9 месяцев назад +36

    I'm naming my baby boy 'Río' and I remembered this song.
    Greetings from ARGENTINA.

  • @chandlerstewartofficial
    @chandlerstewartofficial 4 года назад +1889

    These guys weren't just pretty boys. They could play the hell out of their instruments.

    • @mirellevanbavel2409
      @mirellevanbavel2409 3 года назад +39

      I am glad to hear a guy say this !!!

    • @ericzerkle5214
      @ericzerkle5214 3 года назад +24

      In the 80s we called them preps.

    • @zdengvox
      @zdengvox 3 года назад +60

      Yeah, that bass is pretty insane

    • @clementerodriguez7271
      @clementerodriguez7271 3 года назад +66

      John Taylor was only just 22 y/o at the time and he was already a massively gifted bass player.

    • @libby5623
      @libby5623 3 года назад +20

      @@ericzerkle5214 We also called them New Romantics.

  • @Jim_L
    @Jim_L Год назад +248

    I can't imagine what this song would be like without the bass playing; it really makes this song special. The bass playing is phenomenal! 👍

    • @kevinchan6465
      @kevinchan6465 10 месяцев назад +6

      I agree. It's the reason that this song has bedrock in my mind.

    • @marccru
      @marccru 9 месяцев назад +5

      Not easy to play! Several underrated.

    • @viclaron2937
      @viclaron2937 7 месяцев назад +3

      It's the bass that lift it to another level. The song would have been a so-so.

    • @werearethedreamteam3724
      @werearethedreamteam3724 6 месяцев назад +4

      Dont forget sax now that is pretty bad ass to..

    • @Jim_L
      @Jim_L 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@werearethedreamteam3724 Without a doubt. Absolutely. The sax is indeed killer. 😃

  • @josswhelan293
    @josswhelan293 Год назад +192

    You know it's a 80s banger when they throw in a sax🎉

  • @Smartass_Jedi
    @Smartass_Jedi 11 месяцев назад +102

    40 years later all these DD songs still sounds fantastic

  • @Hunkerbunker346
    @Hunkerbunker346 5 лет назад +77

    The crew had a fire extinguisher on stand by afterwards for the bass players fingers.

  • @chipdouglas9288
    @chipdouglas9288 4 года назад +724

    John Taylor has got to be the most underrated bass player in history. Brilliant bass lines in many of his songs. What he has done here in this song is called ghost notes. Very difficult to do, and brilliantly executed.

    • @jonnuanez2843
      @jonnuanez2843 4 года назад +35

      Exactly. Every single line and riff on Rio as a whole is clean and has a punch to it. He plays a lot of riffs, what you would think Andy Taylor would play. The guy seriously knows what he is doing.

    • @jeffreyval9665
      @jeffreyval9665 4 года назад +27

      yeah great musician and every girl I know thinks he was the best looking guy ever. ( im jealous )

    • @JotaMcCready
      @JotaMcCready 4 года назад +28

      Totally agreed, man this dude recorded this one when he was 22 years old!!! Amazing

    • @shannonwilson1173
      @shannonwilson1173 4 года назад +3

      CABLE GUY!!!!.😂 LOVE THIS SONG LOVE THIS BAND.

    • @jillspringthorpe3273
      @jillspringthorpe3273 4 года назад +17

      Just read his Autobiography,it’s a good read

  • @505bondo5
    @505bondo5 Год назад +251

    JT is thumping, popping, groaning his bass. Stopping, sliding, holding up the melody even. And the mix between him and that ass blasting SAX. This Duran piece is GOLD.

    • @emmarae4322
      @emmarae4322 Год назад +11

      You make it soundd even sexier, kudos. 😘

    • @bellbrass
      @bellbrass Год назад +7

      I'm reading John Taylor's book right now. The only thing I'm disappointed about is his failure to mention that he's a completely kick-ass bassist.

    • @carlito9727
      @carlito9727 Год назад +2

      This bass line is amazing, I love playing along to it, it took me a long time to get it down!

    • @edwinabraham1735
      @edwinabraham1735 Год назад +1

      1985

    • @virgilvollmar3296
      @virgilvollmar3296 Год назад +1

      That is art I love it

  • @wangson
    @wangson 4 года назад +355

    The bass in this song blows my mind! He's absolutely fantastic! What a great, technical groove he's laying down!

    • @shawnperico7221
      @shawnperico7221 4 года назад +6

      Really all of their shit bro,that’s why I always loved them being black and loving funk.

    • @guitarpedaldemos9121
      @guitarpedaldemos9121 4 года назад +5

      its a great bass line! The bridge is my favorite part

    • @vistalite-ph4zw
      @vistalite-ph4zw 3 года назад +2

      Yes very technical, even has ghosts notes..

  • @DavidYorkshire
    @DavidYorkshire 3 года назад +844

    Fucking bassline on this song!!!

    • @dorian2112
      @dorian2112 3 года назад +11

      Thats a geddy lee bass line for sure.

    • @resa.walters
      @resa.walters 3 года назад +10

      Yeah, amazing!
      Someday, If I ever got to meet JT, I would ask him to teach me how to play that.
      If I could speak, that is.

    • @lisads9
      @lisads9 3 года назад +14

      the entire album has some sick bass lines...JT is the reason I play!

    • @brisleeadams
      @brisleeadams 3 года назад +6

      @@resa.walters There you have it ;) ruclips.net/video/mtcLKAGN-II/видео.html&ab_channel=DuranDuran

    • @zzzpmi
      @zzzpmi 3 года назад +8

      acknowledge the drummer as well! Probably one of duran duran's greats in terms of musicality

  • @petelowson5481
    @petelowson5481 4 дня назад +1

    In the time before boy bands became just dancers singing songs. Duran Duran
    wrote great songs and could really play!!

  • @MuscularBoomer
    @MuscularBoomer 14 дней назад +1

    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
    And when she shines, she really shows you all she can
    Oh Rio, Rio, dance across the Rio Grande
    The 1980s The Best Decade of Music, Man This Song is Great
    5/19/2024

  • @sammie6002
    @sammie6002 4 года назад +448

    One of the sickest bass lines ever written in my opinion... I know a lot of true musicians can really appreciate the complexity of this KICK ASS BASS LINE!!!! DURAN DURAN IS THE BEST 80’s GROUP EVER!!!!

    • @sevenfootball7tv998
      @sevenfootball7tv998 4 года назад +8

      U2 and Depeche Mode do exist too.

    • @kleof.3529
      @kleof.3529 4 года назад +5

      @@sevenfootball7tv998 Depeche Mode is definitly the best for me.

    • @rillloudmother
      @rillloudmother 4 года назад +6

      as a musician i can say yes, this is a great bass line. although it is not as complex as it sounds. the rhythms make it sound more complicated.

    • @superash31
      @superash31 3 года назад +1

      Queen o they started in 70) but u2, Van Halen, many many more, but I do love DD too

    • @brianconlon8302
      @brianconlon8302 3 года назад

      Best bass? Did you ever hear "Pulling Teeth" Cliff Burton? or Anything from Getty Lee, or Les Claypool ? Like the song, not EVEN close to the greats though!

  • @hiimemily
    @hiimemily 5 лет назад +647

    This bassline is _immaculate_ even by Duran Duran standards.

    • @michaelfrazia4569
      @michaelfrazia4569 4 года назад +13

      Ridiculous bass line. Jt so overlooked

    • @ommokashi
      @ommokashi 4 года назад +6

      I see what you did there...
      It's *immaculate* like a dream

    • @WSPROJECT08
      @WSPROJECT08 3 года назад +3

      @@michaelfrazia4569 Don't Hear The Bass Nerd

    • @michaelfrazia4569
      @michaelfrazia4569 3 года назад +2

      @@WSPROJECT08 not quite sure what you mean . It makes absolutely no sense so I'm assuming it was written wrong.

    • @lilithdoyle5703
      @lilithdoyle5703 3 года назад +7

      Hello fellow member of the brigade✌️🏳️‍⚧️

  • @user-sc2ml7bd6x
    @user-sc2ml7bd6x 9 месяцев назад +8

    This song made me move to Brazil and I am about to marry a Carioca. Our apartment cost $150 a month...in a small town north of Rio De Janerio in the state of Rio De Janeiro. She's a looker and has a huge heart. I am a lucky man. Thanks Duran Duran.

  • @paulmacdonald4844
    @paulmacdonald4844 5 месяцев назад +21

    Simon has a better voice than he is thought to have not just an 80's legend but good voice too.

  • @mamakin7211
    @mamakin7211 4 года назад +235

    That bass line gets me everytime!

  • @MrNathan791
    @MrNathan791 2 года назад +284

    As a bassist myself. John Taylor so underrated as a bassist. This man rocked that bass. Just listen to his speed and precision. He had once stated that he admired Bernard Edward the late bassist for the group Chic one was in a class all by himself. This' one of my favorite Duran songs from that era.

    • @brettthebassist
      @brettthebassist Год назад +14

      His basslines are incredible

    • @jonbongjovi1869
      @jonbongjovi1869 Год назад +4

      it also sounds like these guys are ROXY MUSIC.....meets.....YES!!
      (Chris Squire will always be the god of busy bass!)

    • @cammefantaman
      @cammefantaman Год назад +2

      the bass line here was written by mick karn of the band " japan "...this is why it's sound so cool

    • @jonbongjovi1869
      @jonbongjovi1869 Год назад +1

      @@cammefantaman WHAT??? Tell me more! Is this true? Cuz all the credits are to the DD lineup.

    • @cammefantaman
      @cammefantaman Год назад +4

      @@jonbongjovi1869 mick was friend of duran duran, the bassist can't do a line good enough. mick show him his idea for the song, it works so well that they use it

  • @sayro5298
    @sayro5298 Месяц назад +34

    Everybody talking about the bass line... behold that furious sax please!!!!!

    • @terryhancockroc6560
      @terryhancockroc6560 3 дня назад +1

      Taylor did a 7 minute tutorial on his bass here. He pays homage to that sax, says the note at the end takes it to another level. He wrote the third part to drive the song based on that, brought in an R & B hard four count. He knows they all brought their best on this song.

    • @sayro5298
      @sayro5298 3 дня назад

      @@terryhancockroc6560 Nice to know, thank you!

  • @Saxobeat_girl
    @Saxobeat_girl Год назад +145

    This iconic music video surely gives 80s retro vibes . The 80s will forever be the best music decade!😁😁

  • @Arnoldfan89
    @Arnoldfan89 5 лет назад +3110

    And that, my friends, is a bass line.

    • @thevoid99
      @thevoid99 5 лет назад +47

      agreed buddy.

    • @BlackJackLopez
      @BlackJackLopez 5 лет назад +34

      And you, my friend, are right. :)

    • @Schumanized
      @Schumanized 5 лет назад +33

      Ville Hardén Right on!!! He’s so underrated😤

    • @k_zildjian4460
      @k_zildjian4460 5 лет назад +36

      There's really not much else going on, just static synth and sparse rhythm guitar.

    • @jachyra9
      @jachyra9 5 лет назад +44

      @@k_zildjian4460 - Try listening to the song again.

  • @OldWorldRadioBoston
    @OldWorldRadioBoston 2 года назад +1142

    I want to permanently live in this music video.

    • @realrickharrison3103
      @realrickharrison3103 2 года назад +9

      Wish granted person man

    • @michaelbruns449
      @michaelbruns449 2 года назад +14

      Five hundred or a thousand years from now youd probably be able to, literally.
      Actually their Girls On Film music video would be even better!
      Minus the sumo wrestler, ha haa haaa!

    • @bruceparris2721
      @bruceparris2721 2 года назад +5

      And I live there with you LOL

    • @masterroshi9942
      @masterroshi9942 2 года назад +4

      me too for a long while now lol

    • @diamonddave16
      @diamonddave16 2 года назад +2

      Totally

  • @lisaboston2465
    @lisaboston2465 8 дней назад +2

    I love the sax in this song. Love the song anyway…this song was popular in my late teens.

  • @andycuthbert2763
    @andycuthbert2763 11 месяцев назад +50

    As a metal fan I have to say JTs bass is right up there with anyone I listen to. Been watching his RUclips bass tutorials-absolutely excellent. Blokes a genius!

    • @alena8790
      @alena8790 5 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks for teaching me some real facts not just gossip. ❤ ta. I'm a total metal head too but sometimes we have to make exceptions. Do you like soulfly "shutdafukup" give it a go. Or pantera "walk". Great song but they were white supremacists so I hate racism and keep them to myself except for in the car so loud I've forgotten people's reaction, it's for me not them

    • @metalmamasue3680
      @metalmamasue3680 3 месяца назад

      I'm totally a metal head but i love a trip down memory lane back to the 80's when I was in HS. Good times, great music. 😊

    • @buckster2575
      @buckster2575 17 дней назад

      I'm a metal head to love this song.pantera where white supremacist ???they weren't stop looking into everything.

  • @txarly2008
    @txarly2008 5 лет назад +335

    THIS VIDEO ENCOMPASSES THE 80'S!!! So much color , crazy fashions and such original sounds. I truly believe I grew up in a time full of originality. LOVE BRITISH POP!!!

    • @raonei2339
      @raonei2339 4 года назад +6

      I totally agree! 80's vibes are strong in this one

    • @joblogs7818
      @joblogs7818 4 года назад +2

      And budgie smugglers

    • @paleshelter4002
      @paleshelter4002 4 года назад +4

      i would say the best pure 80's video

    • @kristinengman2701
      @kristinengman2701 4 года назад

      txarly2008 creative an original!

    • @ernestoribeiro2226
      @ernestoribeiro2226 3 года назад +2

      The First Music Video Absolutely MODERN.
      When Duran Duran Conquered the World as The Kings of New Wave.
      Thanks, Russel Mulcalhy. You created this Masterpiece and made the REVOLUTION.

  • @davedzone
    @davedzone 4 года назад +158

    Craziest bass line ever.

  • @francesmartinez2708
    @francesmartinez2708 7 месяцев назад +8

    Duran Duran posters all over my wall growing up. Roger is one of the best drummers ever, John Taylor kills it as a bassist. The whole band is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! they are so amazing that my 24 year old son loves them... ❤❤❤❤

  • @michaelsummers1524
    @michaelsummers1524 4 дня назад +1

    Duran Duran kicks ass! And this is coming from a metal head

  • @mikewillis7261
    @mikewillis7261 Год назад +35

    The sound, the colors, the images and that wink at 4:20. That's the 80s

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 9 месяцев назад +4

      YES!!!!!!!!

  • @patton303
    @patton303 4 года назад +475

    When I was a teenager in the 80’s I was really into metal and played drums in metal bands. But secretly I played this album over and over because of John and Andy Taylor. Incredible musicians. Also a lot of Police too. What a great time in music.

    • @msw812
      @msw812 3 года назад +16

      Same here. I was always pure metal but liked early DD a lot. Energetic and full force... like metal.

    • @michaelabercrombie7698
      @michaelabercrombie7698 3 года назад +30

      As you get older you really stop giving a fuck about image and start just doing what you do.

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 3 года назад +4

      I've started putting together a playlist called The Best Decade Of Music. It's only got 4 songs including this one right now, but it's a work in progress. If you have suggestions feel free.

    • @BIGBLOCK5022006
      @BIGBLOCK5022006 3 года назад +1

      @@jeremyfrost2636 Coming Home by Peter Schilling and All Night Long by Peter Murphy.

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 3 года назад

      @@BIGBLOCK5022006 I'll check them out.

  • @chriskrueger8225
    @chriskrueger8225 5 лет назад +106

    John Taylor is killing it! Damn that bassline is badass!

  • @jeffcook6446
    @jeffcook6446 6 дней назад

    who wouldn't bow and worship this woman?

  • @michelehaynes1112
    @michelehaynes1112 Год назад +12

    alive! alive! alive! that's exactly how I felt as a teen in the 80’s❤❤❤

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 9 месяцев назад

      Exactly!!!!

  • @LayneStaley999
    @LayneStaley999 4 года назад +115

    I dont know how it is possible to create a genial bassline like this one... John Taylor is a LEGEND

  • @kjhkang907
    @kjhkang907 9 месяцев назад +16

    Bass line is amazing

  • @heidimichellelotusbutterfl4976
    @heidimichellelotusbutterfl4976 7 дней назад +1

    Yes! The absolute best!

  • @traceybiles2061
    @traceybiles2061 12 дней назад +3

    They were the bomb

  • @CN-dl2cj
    @CN-dl2cj Год назад +81

    These young men were 20, 21, and 22 years old when they recorded this.
    Their first 2 albums, Duran Duran and Rio, came out in 1981 and 1982.
    They were all born in 1960, '61, and '62.
    Damn good musicians and songwriters!

    • @stephaniespragg5586
      @stephaniespragg5586 Год назад +3

      Simon would’ve been 24, he was born in 1958

    • @CN-dl2cj
      @CN-dl2cj Год назад +5

      @@stephaniespragg5586
      In 1981 he would've been 22 until late October when he turned 23. He is the oldest.
      So for Rio he would've just turned 23, and for their first album in 1981 he was 22.
      It's amazing how good they were for so young. That was my point.

    • @alena8790
      @alena8790 5 месяцев назад

      I love people who know what and how, your a real fan not just someone who knows 2 songs and nothing else so ta for teaching me facts that I love to know ❤ta.

    • @alena8790
      @alena8790 5 месяцев назад +1

      Did they really do their own songs and so young. I love to learn and have a stranger teach me facts. I thank you stranger for the knowledge ❤ ta

    • @MIKECNW
      @MIKECNW 4 месяца назад

      Don't know why weirdos like you mention how old they are. Many people are in their early 20's when they make music.

  • @sl4983
    @sl4983 9 месяцев назад +37

    Did anyone else in the 80s feel like, "Wow, we are living the best decade ever"?? I did!

    • @Lennonlover06
      @Lennonlover06 8 месяцев назад +1

      Hated the 80s. Hated thatcher

    • @kathygarber3230
      @kathygarber3230 8 месяцев назад +4

      I'm not sure i realized it at time but I knew I was having a great time. Now here it is 2023 and I know those 80's were a great time to be a teenager and to just be alive.

    • @AshleySmith-gv9fc
      @AshleySmith-gv9fc 7 месяцев назад

      No not really , I grew up in a single parent household . I had Maggie take one of my favourite things away . Although that aside my life’s dream of being a coal miner was stolen away from me ( chosen due to my love of pasties? ) But seriously why would we have thought that without knowing what was coming

    • @Londonfogey
      @Londonfogey 4 месяца назад

      The early 80s weren't so good. I mostly remember people whinging about 'Fatcher' (some still do) and the endless miners' strike. There seemed to be an IRA bomb going off somewhere every other day as well. Mid to late 80s were better socially I think, although the music went downhill after Stock Aitken and Waterman took over around 1986.

    • @jamesle9921
      @jamesle9921 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Londonfogeywow that’s a shame. The USA was the place to be

  • @JAAB9296
    @JAAB9296 Год назад +47

    This song has to be in the top 10 of best songs of the 80's hands down.
    By the way, one of the greatest baselines of all time.

  • @gmail4218
    @gmail4218 Год назад +275

    AMAZING FACTS:
    In 1982, the British media dubbed Duran Duran the "Fab Five" because teen girls had not been so enthusiastic about.a band since the Beatles.
    The band was the most played on MTV from 1982 to 1984.
    They were the first major MTV artist to use 35MM film and professional directors for their videos.
    The group was formed in 1978 by 17-year-old John Taylor and 15-year-old Nick Rhodes. LeBon joined in 1980.
    Three of the bandmates met as workers in a bar. The entire band ended up performing there, where they were discovered.
    The band was Princess Diana's favorite.
    All of the band's members were straight, unlike the majority of other 1980's male pop stars.
    Three of the band's members had the same last name despite not being related to one another.
    The bandmates entered their own lookalike contests and actually lost once.
    Nick Rhodes scored 780 on his math SAT's.
    The three Taylors have worked as studio musicians for major artists such as Madonna and Stevie Wonder.
    Most of the band's hits were written as poems by Simon LeBon at age 16 to 17.
    The bandmates performed their own stunts. While filming the video for "Save a Prayer" in Sri Lanka, Andy Taylor fell from a tree into a lake, swallowed some of the polluted water, and was hospitalized for an infection from it.
    LeBon almost drowned while filming the video for "Wild Boys" but a navy diver saved his life. LeBon denies it but several witnesses say otherwise.
    Starting at age six, the photogenic LeBon starred in several major television commercials.
    Milton Bradley made a Duran Duran board game called "Arena", the name of the band's 1984 live album.
    All band members except Nick Rhodes did not want to wear makeup and unisex clothes but their manager talked them into it.
    LeBon was born in 1958, the same year as Prince, Michael Jackson, and Madonna.

    • @gmail4218
      @gmail4218 Год назад +19

      LeBon almost drowned in a second incident but was again rescued by a navy diver after his yacht had capsized.

    • @robertafiuza9478
      @robertafiuza9478 Год назад +8

      Thanks for share 🙏🏽

    • @litohurt2488
      @litohurt2488 Год назад +4

      I never knew this thanks!!!

    • @rafaron7761
      @rafaron7761 Год назад +6

      Great summary of interesting facts 🙏

    • @spitvitriol.
      @spitvitriol. Год назад +2

      Which one of them played for Madonna? I know Nick has not good things to say about her but I'd like to understand what happened previously.

  • @SongsOfPalestine
    @SongsOfPalestine 4 года назад +164

    the bass line ... bloody hell

    • @arturodelagarza3213
      @arturodelagarza3213 3 года назад

      AFWAN ,BLOODY HELL. MUCH BE BRITISH? THAT'S KOOL. MUCH LOVE FROM SOUTH TEXAS. BLOODY HELL. I'VE HEARD IT B/4. WAS DEPLOYED TO ENGLAND

  • @FishyFLCL
    @FishyFLCL 3 года назад +145

    "What we doing for my sax solo?"
    "Putting you on a shitty raft"
    "Wait what?"

  • @torrentbits
    @torrentbits 11 месяцев назад +14

    I just turned 15, Rio plays every night as I go to bed in my bedroom, the CD slides in my brand new Kenwood CD player, Luxman amplifier, and some awesome 80's headsets. Time flies, but this masterpiece lasts a lifetime.

  • @Aramanth
    @Aramanth Год назад +66

    🫐 40 years ago? No... This song _can't_ be that old!
    It still looks good for its age... *Sexy, exotic & brilliant!*

  • @haro82
    @haro82 2 года назад +143

    Undoubtedly one of the greatest pop songs created. Perfect in every way.

  • @HisDudeness1972
    @HisDudeness1972 2 года назад +111

    Their music, lyrics, videos, and fashion are timeless. Duran Duran embraces everything that was great about the 80’s.

  • @compressionratio
    @compressionratio Год назад +27

    No wonder the eighties were the eighties with this electric charged, powerful, energetic music! Makes you feel that you want to go, go, goooo! Boy did we have a good time, alot to do with great music like this..

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 9 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, well said, the 80s were like this!!!!

    • @Iktius
      @Iktius 3 месяца назад

      Tons of coke

  • @galengarcia7141
    @galengarcia7141 11 месяцев назад +8

    There all underrated

  • @Violetcas97
    @Violetcas97 5 лет назад +59

    Goddam that bassline, thems some busy fingers I tell you what

    • @jamesowens62
      @jamesowens62 29 дней назад

      Is like the rest of the song is trying to catch up to it. Is awesome

  • @agentsmith9484
    @agentsmith9484 4 года назад +348

    if your listening in 2020, you have a good taste in music

    • @derp872
      @derp872 3 года назад +17

      Don't worry it sounds just as good in 2021 but the same shite still goes on in the world but worse

    • @giuseppeauteri9436
      @giuseppeauteri9436 3 года назад +1

      @@derp872 l

    • @counterterror101
      @counterterror101 3 года назад +4

      Oh you bet. I listened to this in high school back in 1984. Still sounds fantastic after all these years.

    • @katiesparrow6809
      @katiesparrow6809 3 года назад +4

      2021!!

    • @samuelrivett1417
      @samuelrivett1417 3 года назад

      or its a case study for media studies

  • @markcardenas8886
    @markcardenas8886 11 месяцев назад +19

    I’m from the 80’s -90’s era and I love that my 12 year old daughter likes all my music from this era. Puts a smile on my face when I hear her playing 80’s music

  • @ejb5659
    @ejb5659 Год назад +32

    A group of excellent musicians at the top of their game. This encapsulates the 80's perfectly. God it was great.

  • @melissanunez2540
    @melissanunez2540 3 года назад +193

    MTV was my home as kid and Duran Duran was the wallpaper. They were colorful, everywhere and made that home an appealing place to always be. 🖤 🥁 🎸 🎤 🎹 🎶 🎵

    • @wolverine4ever38
      @wolverine4ever38 2 года назад +5

      OMG I Would watch MTV all day and love it. I'd see Rio maybe 10 times a day along with lot's of Michael Jackson, the police and various other artists. MTV used to be awesome with just videos and the host's. I want to go back to the early 80's.

    • @davidschlessinger9945
      @davidschlessinger9945 2 года назад +3

      a huge part of early MTV

    • @word8821
      @word8821 Год назад

      hi

    • @AClark15
      @AClark15 Год назад +2

      Loved MTV back in the day. Duran Duran was my favorite band throughout high school and still today.

  • @rickroach937
    @rickroach937 4 года назад +114

    Bass God

  • @dr.bunsenhoneydew4362
    @dr.bunsenhoneydew4362 Месяц назад +2

    Moving on the floor now, babe, you're a bird of paradise
    Cherry ice cream smile, I suppose it's very nice
    With a step to your left and a flick to the right
    You catch that mirror way out west
    You know you're something special
    And you look like you're the best
    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
    And when she shines, she really shows you all she can
    Oh, Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
    I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV
    Two of a billion stars, it means so much to me
    Like a birthday or a pretty view
    But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you
    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
    And when she shines, she really shows you all she can
    Oh, Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
    Hey now, woo, look at that
    Did he nearly run you down?
    At the end of the drive, the lawmen arrive
    You make me feel alive, alive, alive
    I'll take my chance 'cause luck is on my side or something
    I know what you're thinking
    I tell you something, I know what you're thinking
    Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
    Just like that river twists across a dusty land
    And when she shines, she really shows you all she can
    Oh, Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande
    Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand
    And I might find her if I'm looking like I can
    Oh, Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land
    From mountains in the North down to the Rio Grande

  • @thecheetoman64
    @thecheetoman64 Год назад +6

    1982 damn I’m old 😅 I was 18 a metal head long hair band t shirts but this song lived rent free in my head because of John Taylor 😎

  • @humansvd3269
    @humansvd3269 5 лет назад +64

    The end of the song is really awesome. It ends on such a high note of excitement and happiness. Like Life is fucking awesome and worth living.

    • @jamesbeason9256
      @jamesbeason9256 5 лет назад +2

      After I got out of the army I fronted a bar band in the 80s in Las Vegas. The 'sexual revolition' from the 70s was finally maturing. 83-86 maybe..87 until AIDS scared he11 out of everyone was a friggin blast.

    • @coreymichaelsmovies6110
      @coreymichaelsmovies6110 4 года назад +1

      Human SVD it’s the best part of the song and that says a lot

  • @joshdawson3340
    @joshdawson3340 3 года назад +53

    This bass player is out of control!

  • @JaysenLeedotcom
    @JaysenLeedotcom Месяц назад +1

    Coming from my heart and my soul and from my deepest love for Duran Duran , and for my lips, Duran Duran is the best band that I have ever truly loved since the first time I heard them.

  • @ritalafleur4417
    @ritalafleur4417 Год назад +7

    CONGRATULATIONS AND I'm so PROUD OF YOU DURAN DURAN FOR BEING INDUCTED IN THE RRHOF, FINALLY ,it was well way over due.

  • @robertdizon2801
    @robertdizon2801 3 года назад +173

    This song fueled my pre-high school experience and molded me into a forever fan of New Wave, I'll never let that go! The MTV era, tans, long hair, high school angst, melancholy, chasing beauty, and the wealth of music that came from it, a little brooding, absurd, dark, kooky, what a fun time! ...and I became a bassist, thanks John, your amazing!

  • @al3645
    @al3645 2 года назад +42

    The bass and sax together👍🏻🔥🔥

  • @photoshoott2022
    @photoshoott2022 Год назад +24

    I recall the 80s, first time seeing this video on MTV, that is when they actually showed music videos and not the "junk" that they show today. It was amazing, already heard the song before, but just saw the video and had a visual with the sound for this song. Amazing, timeless and beautiful melody. They were and still are great. I jut turned 57 and love that music just as much.

    • @harrybaker9044
      @harrybaker9044 Год назад +2

      I am 35 and I envy that you were alive and enjoyed the 80s. I was only born in it

  • @chriscaruthers4268
    @chriscaruthers4268 22 дня назад +1

    Friday Night Video's introduced me to some great music. Take care everyone.

  • @Mechanix360
    @Mechanix360 3 года назад +121

    That my friends is a fat BASSLINE! and that Sax 🎷 pure electric!!

  • @44kickinit
    @44kickinit 3 года назад +62

    One of the most iconic videos of the 80’s. It’s definitely stood the test of time-.

    • @ernestoribeiro2226
      @ernestoribeiro2226 3 года назад +1

      The First Music Video Absolutely COOL, MODERN and ICONIC.
      When Duran Duran Conquered the World as The Kings of New Wave.
      Thanks, Russel Mulcahy. You created this Masterpiece and made the REVOLUTION.

    • @moneypenny1267
      @moneypenny1267 2 года назад +1

      Just timeless pure class

  • @deborahm2341
    @deborahm2341 Год назад +25

    Rio turns 40! This song and many of theirs has just aged beautifully with time. When I saw Duran Duran in concert in the 80s, everyone stood on their chairs and danced the entire time. Pure joy!

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 9 месяцев назад

      Just saw them last night and that's what I did!!! Not on the chair though, but standing!!

  • @David-sc2ir
    @David-sc2ir 10 месяцев назад +20

    Dear God this music was good! The 80's.... I was in my 20's and it was a golden time to be alive :)

  • @ferox965
    @ferox965 4 года назад +48

    John Taylor's bass lines...one of the last times a pop band actually had serious chops.

  • @amyknarr2270
    @amyknarr2270 2 года назад +147

    I loved this song so much I wanted to name my daughter ‘Rio’
    Didn’t of course but when I told her she said ‘thank you Mom’ 😊

    • @b.w.22
      @b.w.22 2 года назад +17

      I think Rio would be an amazing name! I mean, you just know someone named “Rio” would be super cool, right? Plus you’d have a killer Duran Duran track for a theme song. That’s way more awesome than having Michael Jackson’s “Ben” sung at you in middle school, a sappy song from a movie about a dang rat!

    • @amyknarr2270
      @amyknarr2270 2 года назад +11

      My cat is named Ben and I sing it to him.
      He doesn’t know about the rat background lol

    • @b.w.22
      @b.w.22 2 года назад +4

      @@amyknarr2270 - I’ll never tell. ;) And of course now I think it’s a sweet song, though any tease you get as a kid feels like the sickest burn, so I also hated being called Benji like the little dog. Now I struggle to even see how that was an insult!

    • @amyknarr2270
      @amyknarr2270 2 года назад +1

      Aw!

    • @DaveAndBeth1978
      @DaveAndBeth1978 2 года назад +10

      @@amyknarr2270 - Rio was a name I would have loved to called my daughter, but unfortunately my husband and I (both huge Duran Duran fans) were never able to produce a daughter, we had 5 boys... All 5 are now also Duranies though!

  • @melissadavis225
    @melissadavis225 11 месяцев назад +4

    I miss the 80s I 😢want to go back ..😢

  • @tomioka_giyuu_isnot_depres9597
    @tomioka_giyuu_isnot_depres9597 Год назад +3

    And then the eighties were. Duran duran.

  • @squireman72
    @squireman72 4 года назад +45

    The first music VHS tape I bought back in 85. Still looks gorgeous. And John Taylor's bass line is still one of the best ever.

  • @erinfraise6154
    @erinfraise6154 4 года назад +74

    THE MOST AMAZING BASS LINE EVA!!

  • @garyandrewranford
    @garyandrewranford Месяц назад +2

    I remember watching this for the first time of top of the pops (16 years old) ...
    Just glued to the tv. My Dad muttering under his breath about the noise 😮😂😂😂

  • @saraenneking4652
    @saraenneking4652 2 года назад +10

    Nick’s keyboard is amazing 🤩

  • @megaramses
    @megaramses 4 года назад +58

    In the early 80s bands like this and several others stood out with their sounds. John Taylor appeared with a notorious bass touch, and most of Duran-Duran's songs would be marked by that very good bass level! Besides the whole band, excellent.

  • @JeffTheNebraskaDJ
    @JeffTheNebraskaDJ 24 дня назад +1

    ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC! 80"S MUSIC RULES!! the dj

  • @lindabrown8421
    @lindabrown8421 Год назад +6

    I was a British tourist traveling across the U.S. in 1982. I heard this song on local radio as we were traveling across the Rio Grande. Doesn't get much sweeter than that.

    • @omegajrz1269
      @omegajrz1269 Год назад +2

      You were experiencing what was called the Second British Invasion in the United States

  • @AnasuiJolyne
    @AnasuiJolyne 5 лет назад +118

    The bass line is heaven

    • @AllN1TE
      @AllN1TE 5 лет назад +1

      Literally the most unnoticed things if you hear it on the radio.

    • @Henry-kd8gh
      @Henry-kd8gh 5 лет назад

      Hell yeah 😁😁😁😁

  • @joups
    @joups 3 года назад +131

    i feel sad for those who can't understand how amazing is this bassline

    • @DaveTaste
      @DaveTaste Год назад

      Get over yourself.

    • @gstephenson9442
      @gstephenson9442 Год назад

      I like it, but it's really just a heavily Jaco-influenced 16th notes line with lots of chromatic runs. I am a bass player so I understand it pretty well

  • @richierich007007
    @richierich007007 Год назад +14

    I love ❤️ this song.
    Also it’s one of the best videos
    from the 80’s. Can’t believe it was from 41 years ago. I was 15 when this song was on MTV and the radio every day.

  • @joytaylor6784
    @joytaylor6784 11 месяцев назад +12

    Love Duran Duran,big part of my childhood in the early 80s❤❤❤

    • @oneilfletcher6147
      @oneilfletcher6147 8 месяцев назад +2

      Saw them at Scotiabank Arena last Tuesday, amazing 👏

  • @fogdog60
    @fogdog60 4 года назад +44

    The opening 33 seconds are arguably the most exciting 33 seconds of any 80’s song

  • @legiasrb
    @legiasrb 5 лет назад +31

    One of the best... What a bass line...

  • @classicjetsims
    @classicjetsims Год назад +12

    One of the top 5 best music videos of the 80s, imo.

  • @lightwavelive
    @lightwavelive Год назад +78

    2022 and this video is still so stunning. Such an amazing song. How could we not fall in love with them in 1983?

  • @saraenneking4652
    @saraenneking4652 3 года назад +179

    John Taylor the most underrated bass and most gorgeous man ever

    • @paulablanc4467
      @paulablanc4467 3 года назад

      I concur!😎

    • @ginalombardo7322
      @ginalombardo7322 3 года назад +1

      I'd have to agree!

    • @theBIGBLUTO
      @theBIGBLUTO 3 года назад +2

      He has me questioning my sexuality...

    • @jeffsullivan2044
      @jeffsullivan2044 2 года назад +5

      @@theBIGBLUTO He CONFIRMED mine!! Lol

    • @tanyascarbrough7204
      @tanyascarbrough7204 2 года назад

      I thought I was the only one who loved him!!!!!!😋😘😍😘😍😋❤️🧡💛💚💙💜